Reginald Hibbert
Sir Reginald Hibbert Sir Nicholas Henderson | |
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| Succeeded by | Sir John Fretwell |
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| Born | 21 February 1922 Ilford, Essex, England |
| Died | 5 October 2002 (aged 80) Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England |
| Spouse | Ann Alun Pugh |
| Alma mater | Worcester College, Oxford |
Sir Reginald Alfred Hibbert, GCMG (21 February 1922 – 5 October 2002) was a British diplomat.
Career
Reginald Hibbert was educated at
Foreign Service in 1946. In that year, before embarking on a more normal career, he had what he subsequently called a 'highly astonishing pupillage' as a note-taker and occasional interpreter in Russian for Ernest Bevin
, the foreign secretary, in Moscow, Paris, and New York.
Hibbert served in
Minister at Bonn 1972–75; Assistant Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1975–76; Deputy Under-Secretary of State 1976–79; and finally Ambassador to France 1979–82. While Ambassador to France, he was known to be abrasive but his honesty was respected.[1]
After retiring from the Diplomatic Service, Hibbert was Director of the Ditchley Foundation 1982–87. He was a Visiting Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford, 1984–88, and Senior Associate Member, St Antony's College, Oxford, 1983–88. He was Chairman of the Franco-British Society 1990–95; President of the Féderation Britannique des Alliances Françaises, 1997–99; President of the Albanian Society of Britain, 1996–2000.
Hibbert was appointed CMG in 1966 and knighted KCMG in 1979 and GCMG in 1982. He was appointed Commandeur in the
University College of Swansea
in 1988 and an Honorary Fellow of Worcester College, Oxford, in 1991.
Publications
- The Albanian National Liberation Struggle: the bitter victory, Pinter Publishers, London, 1991. ISBN 0-86187-109-X
- The Kosovo question: origins, present complications and prospects, David Davies Memorial Institute (Occasional paper no.11), London, 1999
- Letters from Mongolia (with Ann Hibbert), Radcliffe Press, London, 2005. ISBN 1-85043-578-2
References
- ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- HIBBERT, Sir Reginald (Alfred), Who Was Who, A & C Black, * 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007. Retrieved 22 February 2012
- Hibbert, Sir Reginald Alfred (1922–2002) by Sir Alan Campbell, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Jan 2006; online edn, Oct 2009. Retrieved 22 February 2012
- Obituary: Sir Reginald Hibbert, The Guardian, London, 15 October 2002
- Appreciation: Sir Reginald Hibbert, The Guardian, London, 16 October 2002
- Sir Reginald Hibbert, Obituary, The Telegraph, London, 9 October 2002
External links
- Interview with Sir Reginald Alfred Hibbert & transcript, British Diplomatic Oral History Programme, Churchill College, Cambridge, 1997
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